If you’re invested in a sadistic, domination-oriented ideology, and the idea that your repugnance to the normies marks you out as some kind of Nietzschean Overman, sexually preying on children is probably a no-brainer.
Reforming mandatory helmet laws, by either abolishing them altogether or making them applicable only on busy roads, would help. The laws deter mass uptake of cycling by framing getting on a bike as a dangerous extreme sport rather than a form of active mobility. The fact that they are applied to advertising as well, with tourism ads for Amsterdam having helmets photoshopped onto all the cyclists, further reinforces this framing and deters casual cyclists.
It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...
I haven’t even cooled down yet, literally just finished it… I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a piece of art so carefully intentional, so cleverly crazy, or so painfully human. I’ve only done one playthrough, but I could guess the multitude of paths and forks, the complexity of it all, simply staggering....
Commanding 20% of the world’s food supply, Russia could cause hyperinflation and food riots anywhere it pleases. If they do take the Baltic States, it’ll be after half of NATO is paralysed by French-style protests from people who literally can’t put food on the table.
Waterloo (Russian: Ватерлоо) is a 1970 English-language epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo. A co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union, it was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.[5][6] It stars Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke...
The study made some strong remarks about the kind of people who would modify their car’s exhaust. If psychopathy and sadism aren’t bad enough, apparently loud truck owners would do even worse....
It’s still hard to believe that “Kenneth Chesebro” is a real person and not some comedian’s mediocre-entitled-white-dude persona
(switches to slightly monotonous, lower voice) “Pleased to meet you… my name’s Kenneth. (pause) Kenneth Cheese Bro. (laughter) I live in a gated exurban community with my wife Stacey, my three sons Kenneth Junior, Brockwell and Chadbury, and my three cars. Harvard legacy admission— was captain of the lacrosse team 1989. I believe in meritocracy and oppose affirmative action in all its forms. My favourite food is mayonnaise “
They’d be better off ploughing that money into a dark-money influence campaign to get the UK into the Schengen zone. (If hedge funds opposed to EU tax transparency rules could pull the UK out of the EU, surely it’s worth a try.)
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Nonetheless, they’ll probably get away with it, because other than among a handful of autistic furries, there’s no demand for non-algorithmic, non-enshittified social networks.
The celebrities and brand-builders who use Instagram to grow their brand aren’t switching to Pixelfed or Misskey because, without algorithms boosting them, there’s no clout to be had. Artists, indie bands, vintage clothing sellers and other self-marketers are staying put for similar reasons. (Basically, if your goal is “self-promote at scale and hope to make ends meet” rather than “find a handful of weird friends with the same kind of damage as you”, the fediverse is worse than useless: it’s lost time and effort with nothing to show for it.) Your normie friends, who want to keep up with their favourite pop stars and tattoo artists and have a busy schedule without an extra 15 minutes a day for a social network few people use, aren’t going to add Pixelfed to their dopamine loops.
Some 10% to 27% of Americans, depending on whom you ask, want the full Trump program: mass executions of liberals, bans on contraception and homosexuality, Christian nationalism, the whole Unified Reich thing, and plenty of opportunities to denounce annoying neighbours/coworkers/acquaintances as “woke” and have then taken away. Another 10-20% are low-information voters who “aren’t political”, but know, from news headlines, that things are in some way not going well, and based on vibes, believe it’s time for a change of administration. Being nonpolitical, they don’t care who replaces Biden, as long as it’s someone else, and of course, don’t understand Duverger’s Law and the Electoral College and thus don’t see why it couldn’t be literally anyone else.
Neo-Nazi who protested drag shows has been arrested on child porn charges (www.advocate.com)
Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes (theconversation.com)
Private Equity Firm Bought My Employer
It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...
Nice to see us all agreeing for once (lemmy.world)
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Quinn Evans completes restoration of historic Detroit train station for Ford Offices (www.dezeen.com)
A common creature (lemmy.world)
Cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16076976
We want gay money too (discuss.online)
Just discovered Disco Elysium,... I may not recover from it
I haven’t even cooled down yet, literally just finished it… I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a piece of art so carefully intentional, so cleverly crazy, or so painfully human. I’ve only done one playthrough, but I could guess the multitude of paths and forks, the complexity of it all, simply staggering....
With Ukraine's resources- Putin would be unstoppable - The Telegraph (archive.ph)
The impact of an engorged Russia would unfurl over decades, touching every corner of the earth, and wreaking havoc on the global economy
What Era was the best and why was it the 90s? (lemmy.ca)
Waterloo (1970 1080p) (www.youtube.com)
Waterloo (Russian: Ватерлоо) is a 1970 English-language epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo. A co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union, it was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.[5][6] It stars Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke...
Study Says That People Who Like Loud Exhaust Are Psychotic (www.caranddriver.com)
The study made some strong remarks about the kind of people who would modify their car’s exhaust. If psychopathy and sadism aren’t bad enough, apparently loud truck owners would do even worse....
Anon's grandfather has been jerkin' some chains (sh.itjust.works)
Kenneth Chesebro Charged In Wisconsin—Here Are All The Former Trump Lawyers Now Facing Legal Consequences (www.forbes.com)
Eurostar plans up to 50 new trains and more services to tap ‘huge’ demand (www.ft.com)
GUIDE: Special latin characters within Europe (files.catbox.moe)
Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men (www.lgbtqnation.com)
“An all-male Monday sounds pretty gay to me.”...
Snow Fairy - Hokkaido, Japan (slrpnk.net)
Japanese Snow Fairy from Hokkaido
Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman’s Bumble dating app sting sentenced to prison (www.nbcnews.com)
VFX artist explains why CGI in films is worse now (www.independent.co.uk)
A visual effects artist has revealed the reason why special effects in movies are so much “worse” now....
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users (www.techspot.com)
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Biden camp warns Trump could still get re-elected with ‘unhinged campaign of revenge’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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